A)It is a good practice. B)It is good only for mothers taking children to school C)It will cause parking problems D) It helps cut down the number of cars produced each year 5. What does the author think is the problem of cars in the United States A)There's a shortage of gasoline for cars B)There are too many cars in the streets and on the roads. C)There are not enough cars to go around. D) Some families still do not have their own cars 1.A2.B3.A4.A5.B (1-12B) The United States is full of automobiles. The are still many families without cars, but some families have two or even more. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a necessary part of life. Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they heave to drive in order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school buses are provided only when children live more than a mile from the school. When the children are too young to walk that far their mothers take turns driving them to school. One mother drives on Monday, taking her own children and the neighbor's children as well. Another mother drives on Tuesday, another on Wednesday, and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form care pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer automobiles on the road and to use less asoline. Parking is a great problem, and so is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be done about the use of cars 1. Which is NOT true according to the passage? A)Some American families have got more than one car B) Cars are very common in the United States C)Americans do not use cars for pleasure Each American family has got at least one car. 2. According to the passage, children must be taken to school by car when A)their homes are over one mile away from their school B)the children are too young to walk C) there are no school buses available and the school is too far away for the children to go to on D)there are a number of children in the neighborhood and their families have their own cars 3. Which people are forming a car pool? A)A woman who takes her own children and her neighbor'children to school by car B)Three or four people who drive in turns to the office or factory where they all worl C) Children who drive to school in turns D) Parents who drive their own children to school in turns 4. What does the author think of forming car pools? A)It is good only for mothers taking children to schoolA) It is a good practice. B) It is good only for mothers taking children to school. C) It will cause parking problems. D) It helps cut down the number of cars produced each year. 5. What does the author think is the problem of cars in the United States? A) There’s a shortage of gasoline for cars. B) There are too many cars in the streets and on the roads. C) There are not enough cars to go around. D) Some families still do not have their own cars. 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. B . ( 1 – 12 B ) The United States is full of automobiles. The are still many families without cars, but some families have two or even more. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a necessary part of life. Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they heave to drive in order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies. Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school buses are provided only when children live more than a mile from the school. When the children are too young to walk that far, their mothers take turns driving them to school. One mother drives on Monday, taking her own children and the neighbor’s children as well. Another mother drives on Tuesday, another on Wednesday, and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form care pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work. More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer automobiles on the road and to use less gasoline. Parking is a great problem, and so is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be done about the use of cars. 1. Which is NOT true according to the passage? A) Some American families have got more than one car. B) Cars are very common in the United States. C) Americans do not use cars for pleasure. D) Each American family has got at least one car. 2. According to the passage, children must be taken to school by car when __________. A) their homes are over one mile away from their school B) the children are too young to walk C) there are no school buses available and the school is too far away for the children to go to on foot D) there are a number of children in the neighborhood and their families have their own cars 3. Which people are forming a car pool? A) A woman who takes her own children and her neighbor’ children to school by car. B) Three or four people who drive in turns to the office or factory where they all work C) Children who drive to school in turns. D) Parents who drive their own children to school in turns. 4. What does the author think of forming car pools? A) It is good only for mothers taking children to school